Straw-stacker.



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W. N.. RUMBLY. STRAW STAOKBR.

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Patented October 6, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM N. RUMELY, OF LAPORTE, INDIANA.

ST RAW- STAC K'E R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,695, dated October 6, 1903. Application filed February 2, 1903. $erial No. 141,404. (No model.)

provement in Straw-Stackers, of which the following is a specification.-

This invention relates to the construction of the straw-stackers used with threshers and separaiors. Its object has been to provide a Very simple construction which will permit vertical adjustment of the stacker and also permit folding when not in use.

A further object of the invention has been to so construct the stacker as to permit itto be folded below the top of the thresher and supported at the side thereof, whereby it becomes possible to move the machine through low doorways.

The invention consists in the novel construction of parts and devices and novel combination of parts and devices hereinafter set forth and described.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a part of the thresher equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1., Fig. 3 isa section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a partial sectional view showing the exterior of the fan-casing. Figs. 5 and 6 are exterior views of the stacker, showing the opposite sides thereof at the folding joint. Fig. 7 is a detail section of one of the antifriction-rollers supporting the fancasing. Fig. 8 is a detail elevation of one of the supporting-plates of said rollers.

In said drawings, 10 represents the side walls of the thresher, and 11 the top. In the thresher is a transverse shaft 12, driven by belt-pulley 13 and supported at one end in one of the walls 10 and at the other end in the casing 14, inclosing the fan 15. This shaft carries a series of arms 16, adapted to force the straw toward the fan. The straw falls onto the shaft 12 and its boaters from above the inclined partition 17. The fancasing 14 is circular in form and is provided near its inner side with a circumferential rim or flange'18, which enters the grooves of the series of antifriction-rollers 19, which are arranged around the casing at intervals, so that it is confined as to location, but is free to turn on its axis. At one side of the casing the stacker-tube section is attached. These antifriction-rollers permit the casing to be turned to any extent necessary for the vertical adjustment of the stacker-tube in changing the direction of its delivery or for folding it. The adjustments can be effected while 'the fan is in operation, and they preferably are efiected by making the rim'a toothed one and providing a lantern-pinion 21, meshing with the teeth of the rim and operating said pinion by means of a crank-handle 22. The fan-casing is locked in its adjusted positions by means of a latch 23,which is readily thrown out of action by hand preparatory to any change in the adjustments.

To permit the adjustment of the rollers 19 to take up wear or for any other purpose, I mount said rollers upon adjustable plates 24. These plates are held at one end by screws and at the other end by screws 26; but the latter pass through elongated openings 27 in the plates, so that by loosening screws 26 the plates may be turned on screws 25, so as to carry the rollers either toward or away from the casing, as desired. If the fan-casing is to be removed entirely, this construction of the plates permits the. rollers to be readily swung entirely out of engagement with the rim. The rollers are held against sidewise motion by entering one side of their rims in the groove 34 of the fan-casing.

The main section of the stacker-tube, as shown at 28, is hinged to section 20 by the hinge 29. Such hinge permits the folding over of the part 28, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2, in which section 28 rests on the bracket 30 and at some distance below the top of the thresher, so that the stacker-tube when thus folded does not increase the height of the machine and permits its being driven into barns and through places where the doors are low. When in use, the folded section 28 is locked to section 20 by a latch 31, hinged to section 20 and adapted to be positioned between the ears 32 on section 28 and confined there bya pin 33;

While I have shown what I deem to be the best construction, I do not wish to be limited thereto in my claims, except in features which are rendered necessary by the claims.

I claim-- 1. The combination with a thresher or separator, of a stacker-fan located at the side of the machine, a casing for said fan movable around its axis, a folding stacker-tube attached'to said casing, and means for supporting the folded portion of the tube at the side and below the level of the top of the machine.

2. The combination with a thresher or separator, of a stacker-fan located at the side of the machine, a casing for said fan made circular and supported by antifriction-rollers, so as to permit its adjustment around the fan-axis, and a folding stacker-tube attached to said casing and adapted to fold below the machine-top, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a thresher or separator, of a'stacker-fan located at the side of the machine, a casing for said fan made circular and provided with a circumferential rim, a series of antifriction-rollers engaging said rim, and a folding stacker-tube, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with a thresher or separator, of a stacker-fan located at the side of the machine, a casing for said fan made circular, and provided with a circumferential toothed rim, a series of antifriction-rollors engaging said rim, a pinion meshing with said rim for adjusting the casing, and a stacker-tube attached to the casing, substantially as specified.

5. The combination with a thresher or separator, of a stacker-fan located at the side of the machine, a casing for said fan made cir cular and provided with a circumferential toothed rim, a series of antifriction-rollers engaging said rim, a pinion meshing with said rim for adjusting the casing, a locking device for locking the casing, and a stackertube attached to the casing, substantially as specified.

6. The combination with a thresher or separator, of a stacker-fan'located at the side of the machine, a casing for said fan movable around its axis, a folding stacker-tube consisting of a section attached to the casing and a second section hinged to the first-mentioned section, and supporting means for said hinged section at the side and below the level of the top of the machine, substantially as specified.

WILLIAM N. RUMELY.

\Vitnesses:

RoBT. T. BUTTERWORTH, WM. 0. TEWS. 

